Last night, while I was playing with our puppy Apollo in our front yard, I finally had the chance to meet our neighbour. Â As he explored our flowers, shrubs and grass, our neighbour came over and began gushing at how adorable he was. Â I was curious to observe how he reacted to meeting someone new, […]
Expectations vs. Goals – Is it just a question of semantics?
As I continue to write my dissertation, I find myself increasingly interested in words, and in particular, their meanings, definitions, and the possible underlying messages they may or may not imply. Last week, as I explored assessment in the Full Day Early Learning Kindergarten curriculum document and Te Whariki, New Zealand’s Early Childhood Education curriculum, I […]
Can a curriculum be neutral?
Year after year as a kindergarten teacher, my curriculum document was (and to some extent, still is) the foundation of my teaching practice.  I would use it to think about what I needed to teach students, how I was going to teach (grouping specific expectations together), when I was going to teach a given subject area.  Grundy (1994) […]
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